Difference between revisions of "Coccoid"
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| − | '''coccoid''' ( | + | '''coccoid''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]) – ''literally:'' shaped like a small sphere. One of several main types of [[cell organization]]: single-celled, covered by a cell wall, not [[motile]]: without flagella, [[rhizopodia]] or [[pseudopodia]]; typically applied to single-celled [[photobiont]] cells (''e. g.'' [[chlorococcoid]], [[chroococcoid]]). ''Kind of:'' [[Category:Cell organization-type]][[:Category:Cell organization-type|cell organization-type]]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
coccoid (adjective) – literally: shaped like a small sphere. One of several main types of cell organization: single-celled, covered by a cell wall, not motile: without flagella, rhizopodia or pseudopodia; typically applied to single-celled photobiont cells (e. g. chlorococcoid, chroococcoid). Kind of:cell organization-type.
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